The authorization is notified through administrative formats, by the magistrate who passed the order,
to the civil status registrar responsible for celebrating the marriage, and a copy is issued to the
spouses-to-be.
This authorization must be read at the start of the celebration and mention thereof must be made on
the marriage certificate.
Art. 21. - In the event of serious impediments, the public prosecutor may request that the civil status
registrar should move to the domicile or residence of one of the spouses-to-be, within the territorial
jurisdiction of the constituency or the civil status office, to celebrate the marriage.
Reading of this requisition must be made at the beginning of the celebration and mention of the
requisition must be made on the marriage certificate.
Art. 22. - In the event of imminent peril of death of one of the spouses-to-be, duly certified by a
medical certificate, the civil status registrar, after notifying the public prosecutor, can:
1. before any requisition or authorization from the public prosecutor, move to the domicile or
residence of one of the spouses-to-be or to any other location, to celebrate the marriage;
2. proceed with this celebration, even if the residence is not established by one month of
continuous habitation.
He sends, within forty-eight hours, to the public prosecutor, a copy of the marriage certificate and all
documents justifying that the conditions and formalities required for the marriage are met.
Art. 23. – On the day fixed for the celebration of the marriage, the civil status registrar, in the
presence of two adult witnesses, parents or not, reads to the spouses, personally present, the draft
marriage certificate, the matrimonial regime chosen if the spouses have not entered into a marriage
contract, as well as articles 45, 51, 52 and 56.
He receives from each of them, one after the other, their declaration to take one-another as husband
and wife. He declares, in the name of the law, that they are united by marriage, and he immediately
issues a certificate.
Art. 24. – The spouses are given a family record book and a civil marriage certificate prepared in
accordance with the regulations in force. These documents are given to one of them designated by
the spouses themselves.
Section 3 - Marriage contracted in another country
Art. 25. — Marriage contracted in another country between Ivorians or between an Ivorian and a
foreigner is valid if it has been celebrated within the norms and procedures applicable in the country
in question, provided that the Ivorian has not violated the substantive requirements under Ivorian law.
The same applies to marriage contracted in another country between Ivorians or between an Ivorian
and a foreigner if it was celebrated by diplomatic agents or consuls of Côte d'Ivoire in accordance
with Ivorian law.
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